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Al-Ghandouriyah

Coordinates: 33°16′20″N 35°25′52″E / 33.27222°N 35.43111°E / 33.27222; 35.43111
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Al-Ghandouriyah
الغندوريه
Municipality
Map showing the location of Al-Ghandouriyah within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Al-Ghandouriyah within Lebanon
Al-Ghandouriyah
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°16′20″N 35°25′52″E / 33.27222°N 35.43111°E / 33.27222; 35.43111
Grid position190/297 PAL
Country Lebanon
GovernorateNabatieh Governorate
DistrictBint Jbeil
Elevation
430 m (1,410 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Ghandouriyah (Arabic: الغندوريه) is a municipality in Lebanon located in the Bint Jbeil District, south of Froun. It was formerly known as Aidib.

Etymology

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In the 1800s, the village was called Aidib, and E. H. Palmer wrote in 1881 that the name came from a local form connected with “much sand”.[1]

History

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In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Aidib as: "A small village, built of stone and mud, situated on the slope of a hill and surrounded by a few fig-trees and olives. It contains about ninety Metawileh, and is supplied with water from three rock-cut cisterns and a spring."[2]

During the 2006 Israeli offensive against Hizbollah Israeli Nahal commandos were airlifted into Al-Ghandouriyah. A column of tanks attempting to reach them was ambushed in Wadi Salouqi. Eleven tanks were hit and seventeen Israeli soldiers killed, with fifty wounded.[3]

Demographics

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In 2014 Muslims made up 100% of registered voters in Al-Ghandouriyah. 96.59% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 13
  2. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 202
  3. ^ Hirst, David (2010) Beware of Small States. Lebanon, battleground of the Middle East. Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-23741-8 pp.372-373
  4. ^ https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/النبطية/بنت-جبيل/الغندوريه/المذاهب/

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